#E2E879#E2E879

#E2E879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.135 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2E879
RGB	rgb(226, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -17.31, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 55.63, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0496 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.135 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6730, 75.2637, 29.2586)
Luminance	0.7526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2E879 #7F79E8

analogous

#E8B779 #E2E879 #ABE879

triadic

#E2E879 #79E2E8 #E879E2

tetradic

#E2E879 #79E8B7 #7F79E8 #E879AB

square

#E2E879 #79E8B7 #7F79E8 #E879AB

split-complementary

#E2E879 #79ABE8 #B779E8

monochromatic

#BCC522 #D7DF45 #E2E879 #EDF1AD #F9FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E2E879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E2E879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2E879

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2E879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2E879	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2e879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.135 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefa2',
    500: '#e2e879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2e879;
$custom-light: #edefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2e879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9036,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2E879

secondary

#4C45C0

accent

#13D31D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2E879

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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